A Letter To My Grandchildren - Sir Richard Branson - VSS Unity Flight
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2018
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Mojave, California, USA (13 Dec 2018): Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fourth powered test flight and first space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity.
History has been made and a long-anticipated dream realised in Mojave, CA, today as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, landed from her maiden spaceflight to cheers from Richard Branson and the teams from Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company.
Not only is this the first human spaceflight to be launched from American soil since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011, but the very first time that a crewed vehicle built for commercial, passenger service, has reached space.
The historic achievement has been recognised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) who announced today that early next year they will present pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Frederick “CJ” Sturckow with FAA Commercial Astronaut Wings at a ceremony in Washington DC. CJ, as a four-time Space Shuttle pilot, will become the only person to have been awarded NASA and FAA wings.
Today’s accomplishment has also been recognised by the NASA Flight Opportunities Program, which flew four space science and technology experiments on VSS Unity, making this Virgin Galactic’s first revenue generating flight.
The spectacular spaceflight, which was witnessed by a large crowd of staff and their families, as well as special guests and media, saw a 60 second planned rocket motor burn which propelled VSS Unity to almost three times the speed of sound and to an apogee of 51.4 miles.
As VSS Unity coasted upwards through the black sky and into space, Virgin Galactic Mission Control confirmed the news and congratulated the two astronaut pilots: “ Unity, Welcome to Space”.
After a Mach 2.5 supersonic re-entry into the atmosphere, which utilised Unity’s unique “feathering” configuration, Forger and CJ guided the spaceship down to a smooth runway landing and an emotional homecoming welcome.
Commenting from the flight line Richard Branson said: “Many of you will know how important the dream of space travel is to me personally. Ever since I watched the moon landings as a child I have looked up to the skies with wonder. We started Virgin nearly 50 years ago dreaming big and loving a challenge. Today, as I stood among a truly remarkable group of people with our eyes on the stars, we saw our biggest dream and our toughest challenge to date fulfilled. It was an indescribable feeling: joy, relief, exhilaration and anticipation for what is yet to come.
“Today, for the first time in history, a crewed spaceship, built to carry private passengers, reached space. Today we completed our first revenue generating flight and our pilots earned their Commercial Astronaut Wings. Today, we have shown that Virgin Galactic really can open space to change the world for good. We will now push on with the remaining portion of our flight test program, which will see the rocket motor burn for longer and VSS Unity fly still faster and higher towards giving thousands of private astronauts an experience which provides a new, planetary perspective to our relationship with the Earth and the cosmos. This is a momentous day and I could not be more proud of our teams who together have opened a new chapter of space exploration.”
George Whitesides, CEO of Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company, said: “What we witnessed today is more compelling evidence that commercial space is set to become one of the twenty-first century’s defining industries. Reusable vehicles built and operated by private companies are about to transform our business and personal lives in ways which are as yet hard to imagine. New enterprises are being created which will become hugely valuable, while enabling humanity to better manage some of its greatest future challenges. Today was a remarkable achievement brought about by the skill, dedication and support of our shareholders, staff, customers, partners and many other stakeholders. We extend our congratulations and thanks to each and every one of them.”
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Salute to you Sir. It is a fascinating journey and you have done it. Thank you for making history. I wish I could go. Space always fascinates me. Wish you all the best
The journey is the destination, proud of u sir
Without question, one of the most humbling, inspiring and beautiful videos I have ever watched! Three cheers to Sir Richard and Virgin Galactic!!!
People search for satisfying videos, here is the one which made for mankind. Absolutely marvelous most satisfying....go humanity
R.I.P David Bowie, Rest In Peace Star man.
oh... could not resist, just cried. How strange.
WOW Mr Brandson.. How does this feel to you.. for a moment does it feel like a huge accomplishment but yet then still a dream... such a beautiful documentary thank you for sharing we are so lucky to be able to watch this.
Million dollar view
wow. how wonderful. wow.
Good things are coming.
🔥🔥🔥
planetary perspective taht will determine the future of humanity, today we pass something significant, VSS unity, hopes & dreams of so many, regular passenger service to put humans into Space, a journey, not a destination! The youthful sense of any risk or dangers also stanegly or familiarly empowers Branson to take over every facet of existence, from bottm to to top!
PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN
SIR!!! 👀
Does anybody know the name of the piece playing over the VSS Unity footage?
Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy
Load the SPCE space ship up now before it rockets again !!! My best investment ever .Good news is imminent and just around the corner. Next august test flight and finalization of 500 share offering speaks volume and portends huge things coming soon so now is a great entry point before the crowd gets in.
Why? Why we used different modules to land on Mars? I asked myself..but here we have Virgin galactic using both a spacecraft and the booster aeroplanes..Wish they could able to build just one system..a spacecraft that fly into space, and land on Earth like a bird.
im here from my summer school
Sir Tax Dodger Branson
Amazing video, but that’s not space, that’s just high altitude…
long spce
Really Nice! Please do not use the words ‘FIRE-FIRE’! say something like ‘Ignition’ or ‘Boost’!
Is he going somewhere ⁉️🤔
Go buy Virgin Galatic stock $14 a share
I did
me too.. $34 a share
What’s with the snowflake ❄️?🤔🤫
Recorded just before Christmas.
Mmm...mmm ugh... nice water bubbles at 3:48. "And God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'" (Genesis 1:6) Water is a above the firmament and not outer space!
The camera presents the lens '' fisheye '' .... The distortion appears until the landing ... That is to say that in fact there everything was absolutely Flat.
idiot
Based on UA-cam expert side-research, unlike this effort to explore instead of guess.
@@MrBothandNether Do not you like to hear the truth? You can check it yourself in the video itself.
Minute 4:28
Stating your opinion as fact does not make it the the truth....welcome to the 100 IQ club that is UA-cam,folx.
-Or trust the sage intellect from MONETIZED CHANNELS, because the truth is their prime focus....not clicks
@@1famekouby If they can come up with a convincing physical model for how a bunch of dust and gas accretes into something besides a sphere, we might talk.
시바꺼 미국만 해쳐먹으라는 법있냐 영국도 해먹어러
Doesn’t even look like CGI...
This is fairly overstated and grandiose coming from Mr. Branson, considering how his space-ish accomplishments compare to Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos.
not really, this is an acctual space ship, not a rocket... like u could hop in it, fly to space and land, just like an airplane... also elon musk hasent sent any people into space yet, branson has sent i think 10... and while bezos and musk make a few bucks from carrying cargo, virgin galactic plans to replace airplanes, a 12 hour flight only takes 3 hours in one of these
Wildboy789789 $14 a share...join me
@@Wildboy789789 he has sent 6 people as of now
When you have portions of the country so poor I don't give a shit about billionares journey to space